William Bickner, of Charlestown

William BICKNER OR BICKNOR OR BIGNALL  known as Bitner in error

• Died 1659  Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  
• Parents: Unknown; Savage suggests perhaps Thomas Brickner of Charlestown was a brother

Married

1. Sarah Ingalls (1626-bef 1654) daughter of Edmund Ingalls and Anne Telbe
2. Martha Metcalfe (1627-1717) daughter of Michael Metcalfe and Sarah Ellwyn. She survived him and married Nathaniel Stowe 2nd.

3 children with 1st wife 

•   1. Samuel BICKNER,   b. Abt 1646, Massachusetts
•   2. John BICKNER,   b. Abt 1648, Massachusetts
•   3. Sarah BICKNER,   b. Abt 1651, Massachusetts

3 children with 2nd wife 

•   1. Joseph BICKNER,   b. 8 Dec 1655, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
•   2. Benjamin BICKNER,   b. 14 Sep 1656, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
•   3. Martha BICKNER,   b. 28 Dec 1658, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

first wife

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700:

• William [Bitner] & Sarah [INGALLS] (1626/8-); by 23 Aug 1648; Lynn {Lynn Hist. 111; French Anc. 221; Ingalls 18; Sv. 1:187; Essex Ant. 3:120, 9:142; EIHC 7:8; Cushing (ms) 249, 250; Pillsbury Anc. 1058} [2]
• William [Bickner] & 1/wf _____ _____; by 1646; Charlestown {Gen. Adv. 4:8} [3]
• William [Bicknal/Bagnall/Brignoll] (-1678) & 2/wf Martha (METCALF) SMYTH (1628-), w Christopher? (no), m/2 Nathaniel STOW 1662; by 1654; Charlestown {Charlestown 81; Sv. 1:174}; compare {Goodwin; Gen. Notes 158; R. Wheeler 17; Parlin 18; Metcalf 3; Whipple-Hill 88; Stevens-Miller 455; Reg. 94:217} [4]

From The Essex Genealogist, vol. 23, pgs. 51-52 and 59 as cited by http://www.familyrecord.net/getperson.php?personID=I45860&tree=Corl...

A close examination of William Bickner's probate papers reveals that he was married twice. In the distribution of 4 October 1659, it is revealed that he had three children by his first (not named) wife: Samuel aged 13 years, John aged 11 years, and Sarah aged 8 years. By his second wife, Martha Metcalf, he also had three children: Joseph aged 5 years, Benjamin aged 3 years, and an unnamed child of 3/4 years (9 months old). ....
The Middlesex Court decided, in this 4 October 1659 distribution, that the eldest three children be disposed "to the care and government of such persons as this Court from time to time allow and approve, untill they come of age.... Pursuant to this, the Court, in a record of 2 October 1660, ordered that the widow, Martha Bickner, deliver to Thomas Goold, John Bickner's portion of his father's estate, and to John March, Sarah Bickner's portion of her father's estate. It is assumed that Thomas Goold and John March had, prior to this, been appointed by the Court as guardians to these Bickner children. ....

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supporting data

• Martha Metcalf Stow
• Birth: Mar. 27, 1628 Norwich, Norfolk, England
• Death: Dec. 26, 1717
• From contributor Ken Smith:
• Martha was born on March 27, 1628 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, the daughter of Michael Metcalf and Sarah Elwyn. Her father was hounded out of England because of his religious beliefs and the family traveled to New England in 1637. They settled in Dedham, Massachusetts. Martha was married to Willaim Bignell about 1655. Martha and William had three children, all born in Concord, so it seems that they settled there after the marriage. William died on Aug. 16, 1659. A couple of years later, after the wife of Nathaniel Stow died, Martha and Nathaniel were married in Concord on August 20, 1662. Nathaniel and Martha had three children of their own. Her second husband, Nathaniel, died in 1684, but Martha didn't marry again. She lived in Concord as a widow until her death on December 26, 1717. She is buried with Nathaniel in the Old Hill Burying Ground in Concord.
• From James Savage's GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND:
• METCALF, MICHAEL, Dedham, b. 1586, at Tatterford, in Co. Norfolk, was a dornock weaver at Norwich, and free of the city, where all his ch. were b. m. 13 Oct. 1616, Sarah, had Michael, b. 13 Nov. 1617, d. soon; Mary, 14 Oct. 1618, but the geneal. of the fam. in Reg. VI. 173, says 14 Feb. 1619; Michael, again, 29 Aug. 1620; John, 5 or 15 Sept.1622, bef. ment. Sarah, 10 Sept. 1624: Elizabeth 4 Oct. 1626; Martha, 27 Mar. or Oct. 1628, Thomas, 27 Dec. 1629 or 30; Ann, 1 Mar. 1631 or 34, d. soon; Jane, 24 Mar. 1632; and Rebecca, 5 Apr. 1635.
• BRIGNALL, WILLIAM, Dedham, m. Martha, d. of Michael Metcalf, had William, d. soon after.
• Marriages:
• 1. William Brignall.
• 2. Concord marriages: nathan stow and martha Bignell were maryed 20. agust. 1662.
• Concord deaths: Martha Stow Relicks of Nathanill Stow her Late Husband Dyed Decemr the 26 : 1717 [in her 90th yr. G.S.].
• Children: Nathaniel, b. 1663; Samuel, b. 1666, d. 1667; Ebenezer, b. 1668.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Michael Metcalf (1591 - 1664)
• Sarah Ellwyn Metcalf (1593 - 1644)
• Spouse:
• Nathaniel Stow (1621 - 1684)
• Children:
  • Nathaniel Stow (1663 - 1724)*
• Siblings:
• Mary Metcalf Wilson (1619 - 1676)*
• Michael Metcalf (1620 - 1654)*
• John Metcalf (1622 - 1690)*
• Sarah Metcalf Onion (1624 - 1672)*
• Elizabeth Metcalf Bancroft (1626 - 1711)*
• Martha Metcalf Stow (1628 - 1717)
• Thomas Metcalf (1629 - 1702)*
• Inscription:
• Here Lyes ye Body
• of Ms Martha Stow
• wife to Mr Nathaniel
• Stow who Decd
• Decembr ye 26 1717
• in ye 90th Year of
• Her Age
• Burial: Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 24289214
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24289214 ___________
• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of ... Vol. III. by James Savage, ....
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• METCALF, frequently MEDCALF in early rec. .... etc.
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• .... MICHAEL, Dedham, b. 1586, at Tatterford, in Co. Norfolk, was a dornock weaver at Norwich, and free of the city, where all his ch. were b. m. 13 Oct. 1616, Sarah, had Michael, b. 13 Nov. 1617, d. soon; Mary, 14 Oct. 1618, but the geneal. of the fam. in Reg. VI. 173, says 14 Feb. 1619 ; Michael, again, 29 Aug. 1620 ; John, 5 or 15 Sept. 1622, bef. ment ; Sarah, 10 Sept. 1624; Eliz. 4 Oct 1626; Martha, 27 Mar. or Oct. 1628; Thomas, 27 Dec 1629 or 30; Ann, 1 Mar. 1631 or 34, d. soon; Jane, 24 Mar. 1632; and Rebecca, 5 Apr. 1635; his w. was b. at a village near Norwich, he says, 17 June 1593, but possib. the figures have been mistaken, as in the examin. one week bef. the sail, of the ship, call. I think, the Rose, of Yarmouth, from Yarmouth, Apr. 1637, he calls hims. 45 yrs. of age, and w. 39. "From the relig. tyranny" exercised by Wren, then Bp. of .Norwich, he felt forced to esc. even at the expense of separ. from his fam. for a time, and emb. at London, 17 Sept. 1636, for N. E. but was sadly tormented by equal tempests on the water, and the ship at Christmas put back to Plymouth ; and so far was this a happiness that in Apr. foll, he had license for the whole fam. to come ; only 8 ch. are ment. in the custom-ho. docum. but I can hardly doubt that the name of John was casually overlook. At Boston he arr. "three days bef. mid. sum. with w. nine ch. and a serv." wh. was Thomas Comberbach, aged 16, 1 presume in one of the three ships ment. by Winth. as coming in, from Ipswich, 20 June. He may have been br. of Joseph ; was freem. 13 May 1640, or 18 May 1642, and, perhaps, swore on both days, tho. more prob. it is a fault of the Secr, as in the list appears. His w. d. 21 Feb. 1645, and he m. 13 Aug. foll. Martha, wid. of Thomas Pigg, or Pidge ; and he d. 27 Dec. 1664. A very, curious docum. his engagem. aft. 70 yrs. of age to keep the town sch. in 1656, is giv. in Geneal. Reg. X. 282. His will, made six wks. bef. gives to eight ch. Michael being d. and ea. of the ds. m. Martha hav. then a sec. or third h. to gr.ch. Michael, s. of Michael, and gr.ch. William Brignall, s. of d. Martha, wh. was a mem. of Roxbury ch. by her first h. and to Martha Bullard, d. of his w. Mary m. 24 Nov. 1642, Henry Wilson ; Sarah m. Robert Onion, as his sec. w. the first hav. d. in Apr. 1643; Eliz. m. 15 Sept. 1648, Thomas Bancroft of Reading; Martha m. William Brignall, next, 2 Aug. 1654, Christopher Smith as the Geneal. Reg. VI. 173, says, tho. I doubt its correctness, for Christopher Smith in 668, is nam. in his will by Jonathan Fairbanks as h. of his d. Mary, and third h . . . . . Stow; Jane m. 1654, Samuel Walker,
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• (tho. strong doubts of error in the name are felt) of Rehoboth ; and Rebecca m. 5 Apr. 1659, John Mackintosh. .... etc. ___________________